Around 2000, with help from the Internet, my interest in thongs started in earnest. Through forums, I found out that Dore Gabriel (Beachndance) made good thongs and strings. So I ordered 10 different models but all in royal blue. My idea was that when people got used to me in a rather large model, a smaller model would not be noticed as small. But the first step was quite nerve wracking. I went to a small French beach resort close to Belgium near the end of season. I went to an empty part of the beach and sat on my towel. After some time I stood up and walked to the shoreline and back. Nobody noticed. Then I walked along the shoreline, farther away from people. When I walked back, I walked closer to people and still nobody looked at me. A little later I walked along the shoreline past the more crowded part of the beach and still no reaction at all.
The next day I wore a slightly smaller thong and walked the beach for quite some time and the feeling of the wind on your behind was very exciting. A year later I went to the South of France. Here it was very crowded and I had to get used to wearing thongs in public again. But nobody paid any attention to it so my thongs became a little more skimpy.
Now I don't have any problems with being in public in skimpy suits as long as I know it is legal. That is the big difference between liberal Europe and puritan America. Nobody in his right mind would tell people how big a swimsuit should be in Europe. The burkini-thing in France will blow over with the legal action now. A lot of beaches allow nudity like in Spain and the Netherlands. So I'm happy I can visit Sandy Hook, NJ, where there is even a nude beach.